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The Big South Conference is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2008-09, a milestone com-ing on the heels of unprecedented achieve-ments and unparalleled success in League his-tory over the past few years. Since its founding in 1983, the Big South Con-ference has matured into a competitive leader in college athletics, actively pursuing excellence on the field of play and in the classroom. The league’s growing presence as an NCAA Divi-sion I athletic conference is evident by athletic accomplishments on the national stage, inno-vative marketing and media partnerships, in-creased television packages, and quality athlet-ic competition while intentionally fostering the academic, personal, social, athletic and leader-ship development of each student-athlete. The Big South Conference was formed on Aug. 21, 1983, when Charleston Southern (then Baptist College) Athletic Director Howard Bag-well and Augusta President George Christen-berry began recruiting members into the Big South, receiving initial commitments from Au-gusta, Charleston Southern, Campbell, Coastal Carolina and Winthrop. One month later, Dr. Edward M. Singleton was selected as the league’s first commissioner and continued to solicit new members. His ef-forts led to the additions of Armstrong State, Radford and UNC Asheville, giving the Big South more than the required six members to consti-tute an official conference. The Big South’s first year of competition was in the Fall of 1984, and in September 1986, the Big South Conference was granted full-fledged NCAA Division I sta-tus. During its infancy and prior to securing au-tomatic bids to NCAA Championships, the Big South made early strides in earning at-large berths in several national postseason events, including volleyball, women’s basketball and women’s golf. The league received its first auto-matic bid in 1990 to the NCAA Baseball Cham-pionship. In 1989, George F. “Buddy” Sasser replaced the retiring Dr. Singleton as commissioner. Un-der Sasser’s leadership, the conference imple-mented its public relations and compliance programs, and introduced its first-ever men’s basketball television package, featuring the Big South competing among some of the finest teams in the nation. In the last 15 years alone, the Big South Con-ference has experienced monumental growth and success in nearly every sport. During this time, the conference has had two individual NCAA national champions, close to 200 All-Americans, has reached the “Sweet 16”in men’s soccer, women’s basketball and base-ball, has received national Top 25 rankings in men’s soccer, men’s basketball, women’s bas-ketball, baseball, men’s outdoor track & field, and men’s golf, had an individual selected to

play in the NCAA Tennis Singles Championship three times, had the No. 1 ranked men’s golfer in the country, had the national team and indi-vidual scoring leader in men’s basketball twice, received an at-large playoff berth in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision in 2006, and had an institution finish fifth in the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships – the conference’s highest-ever team finish in an NCAA event. In 2006-07 alone, the Big South was the only conference nationwide to have an at-large par-ticipant in the football playoffs (Coastal Caro-lina), a team in the second round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (Winthrop) and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Baseball Regionals (Coastal Carolina). In fact, Coastal Carolina’s baseball program has been a No. 1 seed three out of the last four years, while its playoff berth in 2006 came in just the fifth-year of the Big South’s football existence. In August 1996, Kyle B. Kallander replaced Sasser as the league’s third Commissioner, and in his 12 years at the helm of the Big South, Kal-lander has been instrumental in aggressively promoting the conference to new levels. The conference has enjoyed record levels in marketing revenue during the past several years, he has brought television coverage to Big South women’s basketball, baseball and soft-

ball for the first time in conference history, as well as increased national television exposure to the League as a whole through aggressive and unique television packages. Under Kallander’s leadership, the Big South developed and initiated its first long range stra-tegic plan, re-affirming the league’s vision as a distinctive athletic conference committed to the quality of institutional life through athletic competition. He also spearheaded the efforts to add football as a championship sport, which came to fruition in 2002. Kallander’s long range vision has also included technological advancements, as the conference introduced its first live event video streaming in 2005 and has since expanded its video offer-ings to more than 500 events annually through a partnership with the member institutions, as well as the creation of a conference blog and an online merchandise store. The conference’s on-field accomplishments have been duplicated in the classroom. An-nually, more than 40 percent of conference student-athletes are named to the Big South’s Presidential Honor Roll for maintaining a cumu-lative 3.0 grade-point average, and the league has had more than 90 Academic All-Americans in its quarter-century of existence.

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32 THREE BIG SOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS (2000, 2001 & 2005)

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AAAAAdams, Katie - 2001Aldridge, Beth - 1991-92-93-95Allen, Addy - 1997-98-99Allen, Lori - 1988-89Alonge, Christine - 1993-94Althouse, Kim - 1998-99-2000-01Andersen, Alyssa - 2007Anderson, Julie - 1997Andrews, Mary – 1990Angleberger, Jennifer - 1992-93-94Auckland, Melinda - 1988Avilez, Nina - 1999-2000

BBBBBaker, Travis - 1990-91-92Baldwin, Janette - 1994-95-97Ball, Barbara – 1990Balmer, Megan – 2002-03Baroni, Daniella – 2004Barringer, Paula - 1988-90Bartholomew, Kendall – 2004-05-06-07Beckford, Valerie – 1994Bell, Erin – 2002-03Bench, Brittney – 2004-05-06-07Bendzlowicz, Rachel – 2002-03-04-05Bengds, Kendra - 1992-93-94-96Blesch, Jenni - 1999-2000-01Bowling, Heather – 2006-07Braam, Ashley – 2004-05-06-07Branyan, Vicki - 1988-89Burch, Carolyn - 1989

CCCCCamlin, Debbie - 1989-91Camlin, Traci - 1989-91Caulley, Kelly - 1988-89

Cheek, Paige – 2003-04-05-06Chronister, Jodi – 2001-02-03Conner, Cheryl - 1990Cozart, Claire - 1990Crosby, Kara - 1993-94-95-96Curtis, Michelle - 1992-93

DDDDD’Amico, Dani - 2007Davis, Alicia - 1999-2000-01Davis, Jenny – 2000-01-02-03Davis, Nancy - 1998-99-2000-01Davis, Sarah – 2002-03-04-05Dayton, Jennifer - 1991-92-93Deur, Jody - 1991Deur, Lisa - 1994-95-96-97Dippery, Denise - 1989Douros, Meldoy - 1989Durham, Becky - 1991

EEEEEayres, Claudia – 1990Edwards, Suzanne – 2004-05-06-07Endlich, Kelly - 1990-91-92Erskine, Tammy – 1990Erving, Ally – 2005-06-07

FFFFFatkin, Megan – 2001-02-03-04Faulk, Leanne - 1989-90-91Faxon, Kristin – 2003-04-05-06Fisher, Ruth - 1993-94-95-96Foster, Sarah – 2000-01-02-03

GGGGGabrielli, Julie - 1999-2000Gantner, Sarah - 1999-2000-01Garcia, Lisa - 1988-89Giani, Dana - 1997-98-99-2000

Gibson, Ashley - 2007Gibson, Makaela - 1997-98-2000Giles, Paula - 1991Golden, Opal - 1994-95-97Goodman-Williams, Christie – 2002-03Gottshaik, Krista - 1988-89Grau, Gigi - 1988-89Green, Heather - 1991Griffis, Julie - 1989-90

HHHHHallmark, Kristen - 1990-91Hamilton, Naomi - 1991-93Handweker, Cheryl - 1996-97-98-99Hassler, Cindy - 1989Hawkins, Kimberly – 2001-02-03-04Hayward, Sarah - 1997-98-99Helbling, Alyssa – 2000-01Hetrick, Rachel – 2004-05-06-07Hodges, Jennifer - 1998-99Hoff, Sarah – 2000Hohnarth, Alaina – 2003-04-05-06Holloway, Ginny – 1995House, Emily – 2005-06-07Hunsberger, Andrea - 1990Hutchison, Shannon - 1994-95-96-97

IIIIIngalls, Amy - 1989-90-91-92Ingalls, Robin - 1988-90

JJJJJacinto, Breanna - 1999-2000Jackson, Jennifer - 1996-97Jennings, Felicia - 1998-99-2000-01Jess, Jennifer - 1995-96Jones (Williams), Cheryl - 1997-98-99-2000

Kim Althouse1998-2001

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KKKKKamphuis, Lauren – 2006-07Kauffman, Bonnie - 1988-89Kerth, Jessica - 1994-95-96-97Kemmerling, Kim - 1990Kepani, Dawn - 1994Kizer, Karen - 1988-89Kopka, Holly - 1997-98

LLLLLake, Elia - 2007Lawrence, Amber - 1996-97-98Lee, Teri - 1992-93-94-95Lightbody, Holly - 1990-91-92Limmage, Mandi - 1992-93Lockie, Melinda - 1991Lucido, Jerri - 1996-97Lyndon, Rachel – 2000-01-03

MMMMMartin, Heather - 1990Mastronardi, Corinne – 1989Mayer, Natalie – 2001-02-03-04Mays, Kirsten - 2001McCarthy, Vicki – 1989McDonald, Christina – 2006-07Miller, Carly – 2006-07Miller, Tammy - 1990Mobley, Tonyika - 1993-94Mott, Abby – 2003-04Moxley, Amy – 2000-01Munson, Sonya - 1999

NNNNNeff, Katherine – 2005-06Neff, Mallory – 2005-06-07Nyholt, Ashley – 2007Nyholt, Laura - 2007

OOOOOberlin, Amy – 2005-06-07O’Kresik, Anne - 1988-89Oliveras, Jenice - 1990-91-92-94Ontiveros, Alisa - 1993-94Osman, Lacy – 1997Owen, Maria - 2007Owens, Beth - 1994

PPPPPayne, Tanya – 2004-05-06-07Pendley, Vickey - 1989Popoff, Christina - 1996-97-98Portanova, Cara - 1988-89Porter, Tracie - 1988-89

RRRRRander, Stacy - 1990Randell, Dawn - 1990Rapp, Jennifer - 1993-94-95Reccord, Christy - 1997-98-99Reinwald, Julie - 1995-96-98Rich, Michelle – 2006Riffe, Michell - 1991Riley, Caitlyn - 2007Roby, Debra – 1989Rodriguez, Sonia – 2001-02-03-04-05Roesch, Suzette - 1993Romans, Bethany – 1995Rosson, Cara - 1993-94Rudolph, Liz – 2001-02-03-04

SSSSSaczawa, Darleen - 1988-89-90-91Schantz, Heidi - 1991-92-93-94Schultz, Jennifer - 1992-93-94Seiple, Elena - 1992-93-94-95Seiple, Katie - 1991Shubin, Emily - 1999-2000-01

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SSSSSSTanya Payne

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Jennifer Rapp1993-96

Siegel, Carrie - 1988-89Seiple, Katie – 1991Serran, Zabrina – 1993-94Small, Michelle - 1997-98-99-2000Smark, Phyllis - 1999Smith, Juli - 1999Stanford, Karen - 1988-89Stanton, Renee - 1989Stump, Abby - 1996-97-98Stump, Sarah - 1997-98Sullivan, Hannah – 2004-05-06Swindler, Carol Ann - 1988-89

TTTTTallman, Cori - 1993-94-96Tarazona, Jennifer - 1996Thienes, Brenda - 1998-99Tyson, Brittany – 2005-06-07

WWWWWade, Kacey – 2000-01Walters, Rebekah - 1998-99Webb, Kristy – 2001-02-03Weissenger, Jennifer - 1993-94-95-96West, Hope – 2004-05-06-07(Judd) Wheelock, Mandee – 2003-04-05White, Krista - 1990Williams, Amy - 1989Willis, Jennifer - 1992-93Wisehart, Rachel – 2006-07Witten, Janette - 1991-92Woodrow, Katie – 2000-01Woody, Maggie – 2006-07

ZZZZZealand, Lauren – 1999-2001-03-04Zwart, Mary Beth - 1993-94-95

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Katie Woodrow2000-01

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